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Post by jandl100 on May 21, 2019 8:53:12 GMT
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Post by petea on May 21, 2019 9:28:24 GMT
Yes, I believe a number of politicians are relying on magical intervention to reverse the impact of climate change!
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Post by MikeMusic on May 21, 2019 10:33:44 GMT
Love that Jerry
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Post by Slinger on May 21, 2019 12:47:14 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2019 8:56:00 GMT
It's lovely that Adidas and Nike are concerned about the 'working classes' being able to buy their shoes. They are not normally so bothered about people being able to afford their overpriced tat!
<In a letter signed by 173 companies, including Nike and Adidas, they said the president's decision to hike import tariffs to 25% will disproportionately impact the working class>
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Post by MikeMusic on May 22, 2019 9:28:10 GMT
Report on Aljazeera told us how the less well off in the US will be affected by the tariff increases
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Post by Slinger on May 22, 2019 11:25:13 GMT
It's lovely that Adidas and Nike are concerned about the 'working classes' being able to buy their shoes. They are not normally so bothered about people being able to afford their overpriced tat! <In a letter signed by 173 companies, including Nike and Adidas, they said the president's decision to hike import tariffs to 25% will disproportionately impact the working class> I must admit, Jules, that my first thought on seeing that was that Adidas, Nike, and the rest were more worried about paying more to get their footwear made if they lose access to the Chinese sweatshops that they're currently using.
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Post by MartinT on May 22, 2019 11:55:13 GMT
I find it useful that people wear such helpful advertising which registers in my mind as 'people to avoid'!
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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2019 13:28:43 GMT
It's lovely that Adidas and Nike are concerned about the 'working classes' being able to buy their shoes. They are not normally so bothered about people being able to afford their overpriced tat! <In a letter signed by 173 companies, including Nike and Adidas, they said the president's decision to hike import tariffs to 25% will disproportionately impact the working class> I must admit, Jules, that my first thought on seeing that was that Adidas, Nike, and the rest were more worried about paying more to get their footwear made if they lose access to the Chinese sweatshops that they're currently using. Absolutely Paul - it's entirely laughable - sorry it was meant with heavy irony but didn't quite read that way ...
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Post by Slinger on May 22, 2019 13:32:15 GMT
I must admit, Jules, that my first thought on seeing that was that Adidas, Nike, and the rest were more worried about paying more to get their footwear made if they lose access to the Chinese sweatshops that they're currently using. Absolutely Paul - it's entirely laughable - sorry it was meant with heavy irony but didn't quite read that way ... Oh, don't worry, I got the irony/sarcasm, Jules.
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Post by MartinT on May 24, 2019 8:19:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 9:06:42 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 24, 2019 9:44:55 GMT
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Post by Slinger on May 24, 2019 13:08:47 GMT
I don't know what reminded me of this, but a mate of mine named Pat was out in Ireland, for the Tralee Folk Festival, and went into a newsagent. The conversation went roughly like this...
PAT - Have you got the English papers? NEWSAGENT - We have. Are you wanting today's, or yesterday's? PAT - Errrr, today's? NEWSAGENT - Fine. Can you come back tomorrow then?
It's all perfectly logical. They get the papers from England a day late, but the logic, in this case, is pure Irish.
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Post by MartinT on May 24, 2019 13:24:34 GMT
Reminds me of...
"Can you give me directions to x...." "Well, you don't want to be starting from here"
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Post by jandl100 on May 24, 2019 16:20:23 GMT
Is there such a thing as Welsh logic?
Extended phone conversations went like this:
Welsh guy: pop over any time tomorrow. Me the next day: I came over at 4. My mistake obviously, but I thought you said you were in all day? Welsh guy: I was in all day. But I always go to the Post Office at 4.
Huh?
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Post by MikeMusic on May 24, 2019 16:28:26 GMT
Is there such a thing as Welsh logic? Extended phone conversations went like this: Welsh guy: pop over any time tomorrow. Me the next day: I came over at 4. My mistake obviously, but I thought you said you were in all day? Welsh guy: I was in all day. But I always go to the Post Office at 4. Huh? Relative Truth Jerry He *was* in all day. He always goes to the PO at 4 that doesn't count and it is 'obvious' - in the way the word is used these days.
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Post by ChrisB on May 24, 2019 16:47:09 GMT
Slinger I went to Tralee once too. I wasn't there for the event itself, but it was near the tail end of the Rose of Tralee Festival (if you've ever seen the episode of Father Ted with the Craggy Island Lovely Girls Competition, that's pretty much it). I was trying to find some street parking, and everywhere I went there were cones alongside the kerbs. I spotted a mobile police station that must have been there for the duration of the frivolities, so I parked in front of it, right by some cones and popped in to ask the officers if they could tell me where I might find a legal parking space. The answer I received was something like "Well, you can stick yer car anywhere you like 'cos the traffic wardens have gone in the pub and the feckers all go home at 5" I love Ireland!
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Post by jandl100 on May 24, 2019 17:03:47 GMT
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